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So my top secret project is a book. It’s designed to give language learner’s something interesting to read, because I’m bored to death of reading Dorian Grey in every language. (Spoiler, he dies.)

Since I promised something for the month of November and we’re now in December I figured this is better than nothing.

I’ve been working in the French school system, comparing things here to things in the States. I’ve also had the opportunity to compare notes with how things déroule in the Italian school system. All of this experience has lead me to the conclusion that the world of language learner’s needs more than a book and some advice.

This doesn’t just apply to language learning in schools, but rather the foundation of our education system. As far as I can tell it’s broken. And when I say it’s broken I’m not trying to be critical of our teachers or the teachers here in France. There are really some amazing teachers here, but as far as I can see, they’re fighting at best a non-moving battle, because at the core we’re living in the past.

With this in mind I’ve been dedicating myself to creating a plan for a language learning school that won’t resemble traditional schools very much, (if at all). To start things off I’ll be organizing a series of “meet-ups” here ( http://www.meetup.com/Sprout-Language-Group-a-St-Raphael/?scheduleNow=true ) If you’re in France and would like to attend one of our events feel join our group!